With the February 14th announcement that the East Broad Top Railroad has been purchased and will be restored to its former glory we figure now is a good time to announce that our HO scale East Broad

You may wonder what possessed me to hunt down an emery to sand paper mapping document. I confess it was pure greed. 10 sheets of 3/0 emery paper for $1 US at a Jewelry supply store closing. Anyone

Definition of FEPA: Definitions: FEPA (Fédération Européenne des Fabricants de Produits Abrasifs) Federation of European Producers of Abrasives. ... The grit sizes are defined by the number of

Must have been rough to find it .... Thanks! Mike Conder

Thanks for your reply. Mike

Here's my two cents worth regarding this increasingly annoying debate. Six years ago, I was about as close to an ugly death as anyone would ever be. I managed to survive in spite of medical

Hi, Didn’t know it was named FEPA but yes here (France) it it like this, P40 P60 and so on. Sebastien -- Cordialement Sébastien Jubault Vice-Président AECFM - Chemin de Fer de Rillé

Bob, A custom built or rebuilt model is a far cry from a production built model that is one of 4000. Your Shay model probably is closer to a work of art. In as much as the world repeatedly keeps

All, I have a couple of Precision Scale's narrow frame tank car kits and recently acquired a PSC standard gauge frameless tank car kit. My question is this: Is there any difference between the

Bob Idont believe anyone expects you to give things away! I am in the middle of removing a collection of stuff from a friend’s basement and selling it for his widow. We are separating the house from

Dusty,I had no idea there were that many different ratings for grit size. I’m guessing the American standard would be the ANSI ? Not sure what FEPA is, maybe Euro ? These two are close, but not

Dusty, I’m amazed at your ability to get to the nitty gritty of any subject! Lee

Just in case you ever wondered what the sand paper grit equivalent for emery paper is. Or microns or any other imaginable abrasive classification grade.

The how, the how much and the who to doesn’t matter. What does matter is making a plan. If we have this much discussion on all the ways to dispose of you stuff, imagine sticking you loved ones with

I have a shay that took me five years to finally get in my possession. It was very expensive upon completion but it's a custom job. Full interior including window glass and engineer. NCE ready with

The narrow gauge model community by its nature is rather small and close knit, as a result models do seem to change hands within that circle rather than the general market place. The limited

I agree with you and use eBay to do the very thing. Dave

Concerning the 50% value. I'd rather sell to (non hoarder, non resaler) modelers at 50% than a dealer who already made 40% on the initial sale. Perhaps sell to modelers who could/would actually use

Great to have a big picture historic perspective.

I have heard that those Egyptian tombs were looted of many cases of Blackstone passenger trucks.